Type: | village |
Province: | Kastamonu |
District: | Kastamonu |
Kasaba | |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 41.4803°N 33.6861°W |
Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 84 (2021).[2] It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade,[3] but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any ancient sites but does have an old mosque, the Mahmut Bey Camii (Mahmut Bey Mosque), built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.